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Ceridian HCM (CDAY) Competitors

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$58.10 +1.50 (+2.65%)
As of 07/8/2025

CDAY vs. ALTR, SMAR, CCCS, PYCR, ZI, SWI, SVFCX, MTTR, ZUO, and ENFN

Should you be buying Ceridian HCM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ceridian HCM include Altair Engineering (ALTR), Smartsheet (SMAR), CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS), Paycor HCM (PYCR), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), SolarWinds (SWI), Smead Value C (SVFCX), Matterport (MTTR), Zuora (ZUO), and Enfusion (ENFN).

Ceridian HCM vs. Its Competitors

Ceridian HCM (NYSE:CDAY) and Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Ceridian HCM had 1 more articles in the media than Altair Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ceridian HCM and 0 mentions for Altair Engineering. Ceridian HCM's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Altair Engineering'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ceridian HCM Neutral
Altair Engineering Neutral

63.4% of Altair Engineering shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Ceridian HCM shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of Altair Engineering shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ceridian HCM has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altair Engineering has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Altair Engineering has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ceridian HCM. Altair Engineering is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceridian HCM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ceridian HCM$1.45B6.26-$73.40M$0.031,936.67
Altair Engineering$665.79M14.41$14.18M$0.17657.94

Altair Engineering has a net margin of 2.13% compared to Ceridian HCM's net margin of 0.28%. Altair Engineering's return on equity of 8.08% beat Ceridian HCM's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ceridian HCM0.28% 2.03% 0.51%
Altair Engineering 2.13%8.08%4.74%

Altair Engineering has a consensus price target of $100.83, suggesting a potential downside of 9.85%. Given Altair Engineering's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Altair Engineering is more favorable than Ceridian HCM.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ceridian HCM
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Altair Engineering
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.88

Summary

Altair Engineering beats Ceridian HCM on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CDAY vs. The Competition

MetricCeridian HCMPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.07B$5.58B$27.50B$20.45B
Dividend YieldN/A1.62%3.13%3.78%
P/E Ratio1,937.31148.7737.3527.83
Price / Sales6.264.331,928.1041.03
Price / Cash153.0458.3538.4122.26
Price / Book4.184.757.224.58
Net Income-$73.40M$36.12M$763.56M$982.91M
7 Day Performance2.90%-1.18%1.43%0.60%
1 Month Performance-3.84%-0.91%4.93%3.78%
1 Year Performance20.24%40.93%52,368.07%14.54%

Ceridian HCM Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDAY
Ceridian HCM
0.7896 of 5 stars
$58.10
+2.7%
N/A+11.3%$9.07B$1.45B1,937.318,526
ALTR
Altair Engineering
1.4393 of 5 stars
$111.85
flat
$100.83
-9.8%
N/A$9.60B$665.79M657.943,000
SMAR
Smartsheet
1.2624 of 5 stars
$56.47
flat
$57.00
+0.9%
N/A$7.91B$958.34M-941.173,330
CCCS
CCC Intelligent Solutions
3.7084 of 5 stars
$9.70
-0.5%
$12.06
+24.4%
-13.2%$6.39B$969.13M485.242,350Positive News
PYCR
Paycor HCM
N/A$22.49
flat
$21.70
-3.5%
N/A$4.09B$699.73M-187.40460
ZI
ZoomInfo Technologies
0.7961 of 5 stars
$10.26
+2.2%
$10.63
+3.6%
-15.6%$3.51B$1.21B342.113,540Positive News
SWI
SolarWinds
1.0615 of 5 stars
$18.49
flat
$18.00
-2.7%
N/A$3.20B$796.90M29.352,300
SVFCX
Smead Value C
N/A$74.51
-0.4%
N/AN/A$3.06BN/A0.002
MTTR
Matterport
N/A$5.38
flat
N/AN/A$1.74B$169.70M-6.48590
ZUO
Zuora
N/A$10.02
flat
$12.00
+19.8%
N/A$1.54B$431.66M-20.451,390
ENFN
Enfusion
N/A$10.85
+0.5%
$12.25
+12.9%
+25.3%$1.40B$201.61M271.29890High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:CDAY) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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